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I'm in my 1st trimester and already showing as i'm quite thin. fear i'll have very bad back pain if i'm all belly in front. advice?

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Dr. Patrick Mckenna answered

Specializes in Preventive Medicine

Stay active: I would recommend that you stay physically active and do gentle core building exercises. There are some good examples here: http://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/pregnancy-week-by-week/multimedia/pregnancy-exercises/sls-20076779

Dr Juchau agreed

Answered 8/28/2015

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